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As the sun began to set over Mackay Airport the roar of a WWII fighter plane was heard long before its wheels touched the runway. The rare plane landed in Mackay yesterday to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day....

Teaching English to blind children affected by Agent Orange, a herbicidal warfare program used during the Vietnam War, inspired Joe Edwards to walk more than 3,500 kilometres to help improve the plight of disadvantaged children in Vietnam....

Working among a large collection of ribbons and war medals is where you can find Cathy Platts. She has been assembling war medals for the past 20 years, and walking into her family shop is like stumbling into a giant treasure chest....

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Diplomatic tensions with Turkey appear to be easing with the Prime Minister saying he is confident the war of words will be resolved. The PM's softer approach follows a statement by the Turkish Persident Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying his comments had been taken out of context. His Communications ...

Afghanistan is again at a turning point, with the Taliban gaining ground across the country and the Americans determined to pull out. While there have been peace talks going on in Qatar between the USA and the Taliban the Afghan government has been conspicuously absent. Award winning Australian ...

This week, New Zealands Muslim community will mourn and bury 51 men, women and children who were murdered in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Their alleged killer is a white neo-fascist, born and raised in Australia. Since the terrorist attack, political and religious leaders and ...

Back in 2011, when another white supremacist slaughtered 77 people in Norway, many asked how such an attack could occur in so peaceful aplace. The same might be asked of the mosque attacks in Christchurch in New Zealands South Island. Both countries are remote and intimate places, not known for ...

President Trump's response to the Christchurch massacre has been much criticised. Prompted by that tragedy, the US is once again debating its gun policy, and white supremacy. And, the university admissions corruption case is, Bruce Shapiro says, a distinctly American scandal. Plus, the ...